All images © Ken Dewey, unless otherwise noted.

July 30, 2006:  The Platte River is empty for another year as the
region remains in the grip of drought.

July 29, 2006:  "Making Rain" A Pivot Irrigation system in rural Lancaster County (just east of Lincoln)..

The Sandhills region of Nebraska. Image© Melissa Melvin, SNR.

July 10, 2006:  An unusual sight this summer, a rainy and foggy day in Lincoln, Nebraska.

July 6, 2006: "The long and winding road" , Lancaster County, eastern Nebraska.

July 6, 2006:  The new home of the High Plains Regional Climate Center, Harden Hall (east and north sides).

July 6, 2006:  The new home of the High Plains Regional Climate Center, Harden Hall (west and south sides).

July 4, 2006:  Lincoln, NE. Image © Melissa Melvin, SNR

July 4, 2006:  Lincoln, NE. Image © Melissa Melvin, SNR

July 4, 2006:  Lincoln, NE. Image © Melissa Melvin, SNR

July 4, 2006:  Lincoln, NE. Image © Melissa Melvin, SNR

July 6, 2006:  Sunny skies, mild temperatures and wheat ready to harvest in eastern Nebraska.

July 4, 2006:  Near the Hampton, NE I-80 Exit.  A brown water hungry looking median.

July 4, 2006:  Brown drought stricken grass at the York, NE, I-80 exit.

July 4, 2006:  A green irrigated field in the distance is in start contrast to the dry brown grasses
which surrounds these dying pine trees.  After 7 years of below normal precipitation in central
Nebraska some of the permanent vegetation (i.e. trees) are beginning to die off.
 

July 3, 2006:  Rural Lincoln.  A hazy foggy sunrise in rural Lancaster county, near Lincoln.

July 3, 2006:  Rural Lincoln.  A hazy foggy sunrise.
Note the barely visible fog shrouded house in the middle.
 

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